BORN MIDDLESBROUGH 20/01/1897. SON OF ALEXANDER & SARAH ANN FARQUHAR, OF HULL. WORKED AS A RIVET CATCHER (1911 CENSUS) LIVING AT 101 LOWER EAST STREET, MIDDLESBROUGH (PENSION ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN MIDDLESBROUGH, SERVED WITH THE 8TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 11/07/1916, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS AND PENSION, WENT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH.
First name:
ALEXANDER
Military Number:
12259
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/07/1916
Place died:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE
Age:
19
101 LOWER EAST STREET, MIDDLESBROUGH, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
